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When you can clearly demonstrate you’ve already solved an employers’ problems, or maximized the same opportunities, limiters like age, dress, or personality stop being such relevant factors. These are the “20 percent-ers” — the employees whose skills and experiences are so important that fit, culture, and style take a back seat. Now the ball’s in your court to decide for which companies you’d really want to work.

Instead of trying to trick your prospective employer, doesn’t it seem like a better tactic to treat some employees to a drink – and pick their brains?